Environment : Research

Environmental reporting is still in its infancy compared to financial reporting, but with more media and public scrutiny on corporates’ green policies and credentials, it is essential that companies communicate – and are appraised on – these matters consistently and clearly. Environmental Reporting: Trends in FTSE 100 Sustainability Reports investigates the terminology, thematic content and length of Britain’s leading corporate reports on sustainability.

Companies are increasingly experimenting with ways to make their global supply chains greener amid pressures to address environmental concerns, public health issues and growing stakeholder expectations. Managing massive supply chains spanning borders and cultures is a herculean task but not insurmountable, according to the World Environment Center (WEC), which has spent the last four years working with large multinational companies on green supply chain initiatives. Terry Yosie, the nonprofit's president and CEO, analyzed the group's

The energy [r]evolution is an independently produced report that provides a practical blueprint for how to half global CO2 emissions, while allowing for an increase in energy consumption by 2050. By dividing the world into 10 regions, with a global summary, it explains how existing energy technologies can be applied in more efficient ways. It demonstrates how a ‘business as usual’ scenario, based on IEA’s World Energy Outlook projections, is not an option for environmental, economic and security of supply reasons.

This report analyzes data such as per capita carbon emissions, vulnerability to natural disasters, energy price increases, share of war costs and housing inequalities. The report’s findings show that though global warming affects everyone, existing inequalities are consistently amplified through unjust climate policies and lack of representation.

Apple Computer is committed to protecting the environment, health, and safety of our employees,
customers and the global communities where we operate. We recognize that by integrating
sound environmental, health, and safety management practices into all aspects of
our business, we can offer technologically innovative products and services while conserving
and enhancing resources for future generations. Apple strives for continuous improvement in
our environmental, health and safety management systems and in the environmental quality

WWF-US has released this  “Greenprint” agenda, a policy roadmap for the next US president to address global threats to environmental, as well as social and political stability in four key areas.

This report argues that California is in a better position that any other state to implement a green plan that eliminates current obstacles, overlaps and difficulties with current regulations and government structures.

A report on climate transparency delivered at the Harvard Club of New York.

A report by ELiza Huger Hubank, Citi Environmental and Social Risk Management

This report covers Honda's activities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico - including company policies, the overall direction of their environmental initiatives, and theenvironmental impact of their operations.